2013 Paris–Nice
| 2013 UCI World Tour, race 2 of 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Route of the 2013 Paris–Nice
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| Dates | 3–10 March 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1,174 km (729.5 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 29h 59' 47" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Richie Porte (AUS)
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| Second |
 Andrew Talansky (USA)
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| Third |
 Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA)
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(Ag2r–La Mondiale) | |
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Points |
Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)
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(Omega Pharma–Quick-Step) |
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Mountains |
 Johann Tschopp (SWI)
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(IAM Cycling) |
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Youth |
Andrew Talansky (USA)
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(Garmin–Sharp) |
| Team | Team Katusha | ||
The 2013 Paris–Nice was the 71st running of the Paris–Nice cycling stage race, often known as the Race to the Sun. It started on 3 March in Houilles and ended on 10 March in Nice and consisted of eight stages, including a race-commencing prologue and a race-concluding mountain individual time trial. It was the second race of the 2013 UCI World Tour season.
The race was won by Australia's Richie Porte of Team Sky, who took the lead after winning the race's queen stage – the fifth stage – to , and also won the final time trial at Col d'Èze, to become the first Australian rider to win the race. Porte won the general classification by 55 seconds over runner-up Andrew Talansky (Garmin–Sharp), who was winner of the race's third stage. Talansky also won the white jersey for the young rider classification, as he was the highest placed rider born in 1988 or later. Ag2r–La Mondiale's Jean-Christophe Péraud completed the podium, 26 seconds behind Talansky and 81 seconds down on Porte.
In the race's other classifications, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step's Sylvain Chavanel was the winner of the green jersey for the points classification, amassing the highest number of points during stages at intermediate sprints and stage finishes, and Johann Tschopp was the winner of the mountains classification for the IAM Cycling team, who were making their World Tour début at the race.Team Katusha were the winners of the teams classification on their World Tour return, having missed the Tour Down Under after temporarily losing their World Tour status before successfully appealing the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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